When Target needed help launching its own e-commerce platform, it turned to crowdsourcing. In an upcoming webinar from Crowdsourcing.org, you can learn about the tools and platforms that an increasing number of retailers are taking advantage of.
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Meet Gambitious, an Equity-based Platform for Video Games
This week, entrepreneur Paul Hanraets and his team launched Gambitious, an equity-based crowdfunding platform for video games. Crowdsourcing.org spoke to the team and some other industry watchers.
The European Open Innovation Summit Reviewed
Frank T. Piller of RWTH Aachen University, Germany and the MIT Smart Customization Group at the MIT Design Lab reviews the recent summit in Brussels.
Indiegogo Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Round
Indiegogo, the San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform, just closed a $15 million funding round, which serves as the company’s Series A and marks the largest funding round in crowdfunding history.
Crowdsourced Competitive Intelligence: A Discussion with InfoArmy CEO Jim Fowler
InfoArmy is an initiative that aims to create “competitive intelligence reports for every strategically significant company on the planet.” The company’s founder and CEO, Jim Fowler, is recruiting the crowd to help his company achieve this ambitious task.
CfIRA Sends Safe Harbor Recommendations to the SEC
Last week, the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CfIRA) sent recommendations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding safe harbors.
Procter & Gamble as an Open Innovation Case Study
Tim Kastelle shows us how to use The Innovation Matrix to help us understand how the innovation capability of firms evolves over time. A great case study in this regard is Procter & Gamble.
Crowdsourcing Mergers and Acquisitions: A Disruption Whose Time has Come
Arye Schreiber, founder and CEO of Merjerz, makes the case for a new approach to M&A.
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